Paying for positive group esteem: How inequity frames affect whites' responses to redistributive policies

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-336

  Lowery, Brian S ^a   Chow, Rosalind M ^b   Knowles, Eric D ^c   Unzueta, Miguel M ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Group esteem; Social inequality; White advantage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PUBLIC POLICY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861142091     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024598     Document Type: Article

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